G is for Gina!

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New 'pit scratched together
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New 'pit better view
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July 20, 2013
Pilot & seat from Monogram Phantom
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More pilot and seat
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Driver ready to go!
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Mario in his 'pit
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July 20, 2013
This is what Airfix give you for the pit....
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July 30, 2013
Sealed up; polished out and used the kit canopy after all
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July 30, 2013
Vac'd missing chin blisters
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Blisters, and lots of CA glue for the doors
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Ducts and vortex generators
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More vortices/vents
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More vortices/vents
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Vortices, trim tab, and parabrake housing
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Fin tip damage repair and reshaping
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July 31, 2013
Alclad primer-filler and a buffing
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Alclad primer-filler and a buffing
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Duralumin unders (Alclad) masked off
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First color coat on...Darker than it looks.
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"Olive/Khaki Drab" on, mixed from XF51+XF11 3:2
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Clear coated; the 'brown' has gone greenish!?!
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Kit decals put up a tough fight, but I won.
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Comments

9 July 2013, 22:05

Bernd Korte
Looks very promising!

10 July 2013, 05:34

Erik Houghton
Thanks Bernd. Hopefully I can keep up a healthy interest and get this one done fairly quick.

10 July 2013, 23:14

Luc B
tuned in 👍

11 July 2013, 05:53

Dave Flitton
How do the lines of the kit line up with your plans? Are they close or "way out there in left field"?

11 July 2013, 12:44

Erik Houghton
Surprisingly, they are very close with the exception of an extra 6"-8" or so of length somewhere in the mid-section, and the typical old rounded off corners on wing and tail plane where there should be nice sharp angles. Location of kit panel lines is hit AND miss, some are on target, many are off. I'm not worrying about the extra length on this one, I've gone the route of correcting those kind of issues before..... This is NOT going to turn into one of 'those' builds 🙂

11 July 2013, 13:04

Dave Flitton
Cool 🙂

11 July 2013, 21:46

Clifford Keesler
Looking good.

19 July 2013, 04:16

Erik Houghton
Mario is at the controls! New pics up.

21 July 2013, 00:33

Dirk Heyer
Oha, that`ll be a promising project! 🙂
Great old little Gina!

21 July 2013, 09:19

Erik Houghton
Closing in on the finish, folks! Just a touch of weathering and some details to add on and this Gina will be done. Hopefully within the next few days.

5 August 2013, 01:57

Steve Wilson
Nice Erik🙂👍

5 August 2013, 06:21

Erik Houghton
Alright, I'm calling this one done. Just have to acquire some acrylic rod to make the base I have in mind. Pretty happy with the result, for the lump I started with! Enjoy, mates.

9 August 2013, 05:15

Wim van der Luijt
I can imagine your happy with the result....Gina sure is a looker!

9 August 2013, 06:48

Erik Houghton
Thank you, Wim 🙂

10 August 2013, 01:59

Urban Gardini
She's beautiful! Good work with a old kit!

10 August 2013, 06:16

perry leung wai ho
Hi Erik , Let me see. I seen your G.91R Gina ; you done a lot of details and add pilot . I like it very much .Great job. I like you make G91 in-flight action.

2 September 2013, 08:43